Notes: Jaume Patrici Sayrach Fatjo Dels Xijeres' testimony is in Spanish without subtitles. The testimony was recorded in the office
of the Grama group.

Summary: Jaume Patrici Sayrach Fatjo Dels Xijeres was born in Barcelona in 1930. Jaume recounts that his family belonged to the Catalan
bourgeoisie and had right-wing political affinities. He notes that his father, a Republican and Catalanist, was the exception.
Jaume tells that Anarchists attempted to kill his father. He recalls that during the Civil War, his family was kicked out
of their apartment and made to live in the servants' quarters. Jaume explains that his family eagerly awaited the arrival
of the Nationalists, but Franco and his troops classified the family as an enemy due to their Catalan affiliations. He speaks
about his family's double defeat by both the Republic and Franco's dictatorship. Jaume links this experience to his decision
to become a priest and preach in the working class, immigrant neighborhood of Santa Coloma in 1965. He narrates his participation
in the local neighborhood associations, commenting that the police detained him twice for participating in protests. Jaume
relates publishing the magazine Grama, which allowed neighborhood members to discuss their problems. He describes the relationship between the priests of the working
class and the Catholic Church's hierarchy, detailing his own expulsion from the Church and erasure from its history. Jaume
discusses entering the local government and helping the city develop an alternative and popular urban development plan for
Santa Coloma following the Transition.

Cite as: Sayrach Fatjo Dels Xijeres, Jaume Patrici. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of
California, San Diego, 2010.